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An elderly woman sitting next to an elderly man wearing a hospital gown, being assisted out of bed by two female medical professionals in medical scrubs and jackets

Standardized, but never routine: SPs bring human factor to sim

For Bart and Debra Reisman, volunteering as standardized patients isn’t about pretending to be sick—it’s about helping learners prepare for the real-world challenges they’ll face in health care.

By Frank Ruggiero, 2 monthsMay 14, 2025 ago
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OB residents take on high-stakes scenarios in simulation

While OB residents at UAB Medicine are no strangers to busy shifts and complex cases, UAB Clinical Simulation’s OB Resident Sim offers a different kind of challenge.

By Frank Ruggiero, 3 months ago

Medical Nursing Orientation sim allows new nursing team members to acclimate

In collaboration with UAB Clinical Simulation, the UAB Medical Division Orientation Committee developed an immersive Medical Nursing Orientation simulation to acclimate new nursing staff to UAB Medicine. 

By Frank Ruggiero, 4 monthsMarch 13, 2025 ago
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Simulating the System, Optimizing the Outcome

Systems simulation at UAB Medicine is a highly specialized area of simulation in which the focus of work is targeted toward spatial simulations, process simulations and systems testing.

By Frank Ruggiero, 4 monthsMarch 13, 2025 ago
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Clin Sim partners with Outpatient Rehab for leadership simulation

In collaboration with UAB Clinical Simulation, Jamie Wade, director of UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center’s Outpatient Rehabilitation Services and Community Partnerships, recently facilitated a series of pilot simulations focusing on rehabilitation leadership.

By Frank Ruggiero, 5 monthsFebruary 12, 2025 ago
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Code Skills Out of Lab sessions bring sim lab to the learners

In terms of helping improve patient safety, UAB Clinical Simulation delivers. Clinical Simulation’s Code Skills Out of Lab program effectively brings the sim lab to the learners.

By Frank Ruggiero, 6 monthsJanuary 8, 2025 ago
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ED sims prepare interprofessional learners for real-life emergencies

UAB Clinical Simulation recently hosted a group of interprofessional learners for an Emergency Department (ED) simulation.

By Frank Ruggiero, 7 monthsDecember 4, 2024 ago
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Sim Room of Errors returns for Quality Week

In health care, there’s plenty of room for error—which is why UAB Clinical Simulation reprised its Sim Room of Errors for Quality Week 2024.

By Frank Ruggiero, 8 monthsNovember 6, 2024 ago
One Black man in navy blue medical scrubs and two Caucasian men in light blue medical scrubs simulating critical care support on a health-care simulation manikin

FCCS sim prepares residents for critical care

With UAB Clinical Simulation’s Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) simulation, residents can apply their didactic learnings in a realistic, simulated setting.

By Frank Ruggiero, 8 months ago
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Shock Week swims into Clinical Simulation

UAB Clinical Simulation’s annual Shock Week offers interprofessional learners the chance to sharpen their code skills. But, unlike its toothy cable TV counterpart, there’s nothing fishy about it.

By Frank Ruggiero, 9 monthsOctober 2, 2024 ago

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